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Best Selling Titles During May, 2008

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:36:07 GMT

The top 13 best selling titles in the month of March.

America's Brutal Prisons

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:46:31 GMT

Exposes the violence occurring inside prisons throughout America, where prisoners are routinely abused, even tortured, by prison guards.

Clara Lemlich

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:45:50 GMT

The story of the young, Jewish, Ukrainian-born woman who in 1909 sparked the 'Uprising of the 20,000' -- the first massive strike of New York City garment workers.

Eileen Gray

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:44:55 GMT

The reknowned designer and architect Eileen Gray was always ahead of her time; thirty years after her death she is still considered the very essence of the Modern.

Energy War

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:44:13 GMT

A global investigation into the geopolitical dynamics of the world's oil supply. How are the governments which control most of the oil wielding their power on the world stage?

The Future of Mud

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:43:46 GMT

This is the story of Komusa Tenapo, master mason and heir to the secrets of Djenne architecture, the traditional use of mud in Malian buildings.

Judith Butler

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:42:35 GMT

An up-close and personal encounter with this influential theorist and author of the best-seller Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity.

Kochuu

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:41:39 GMT

A visually stunning film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in Japanese tradition, and their relationships to modernist Scandinavian design. With two Pritzker Prize winners, Tadao Ando and Sverre Fehn.

Made Over in America

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:40:58 GMT

In a culture where bodies seem customizable, how do we perceive body image, and how are desires for a better self influenced by reality television and the makeover industry?

A Massacre Foretold

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:40:19 GMT

Chronicles the historic events surrounding the 1997 massacre of 45 pacifist supporters of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation who were massacred while seeking refuge in a church.

Our Daily Bread

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:40:01 GMT

A spectacular visual essay composed of epic tableaus, a haunting vision of our modern food industry, and the methods and technology utilized for mass production.

The Paper

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:39:33 GMT

A year in the life of one of the country's biggest college newspapers, Penn State's The Daily Collegian, as it struggles with declining circulation and difficult choices about how to represent its diverse readership.

Santiago Calatrava's Travels

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:38:59 GMT

A fascinating portrait of world famous artist, engineer, architect and urban studies scholar Santiago Calatrava, and an interdisciplinary reflection on the perception and impact of architecture.

Trinkets and Beads

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:39:40 GMT

The oil company MAXUS and Huaroni Indians of the Amazon